Note 27 — Dr. B. STEVENSON STANOYEVICH
John Bowring translation
Lado is the vocative of Lada, the goddess of love, in the old Slavonian mythology. Lado! is a melancholy interjection in Serbian, whereas Lele! the vocative of Lela, the god of love, has frequently a cheerful association. Polela (after love) the goddess of marriage, is also sometimes apostrophised. Talvj remarks, that Ljad, in Russian, signifies misfortune. In common parlance, Lele mene (Serbian) imports "Woe is me!" (S. J. B.)